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July 28, 1925.

A. L. STAPLES ROLLER SKATE Filed Feb. 19. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 28, 1925. 1,547,531

A. L. STAPLES v ROLLER SKATE Filed Feb. 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIIIIIIIMIIIlI/l" 'IIIIIIIIIIZ Patented July 28, iiQZEi.

hil dl l ldl il ARTHUR It. STAPLES, 01F NE ZV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO VIINCHEETER PEATING ARMS 00., OF NEW' HAVEN, CONN.lilCIICTYFJ;v CORPORATION.

R LLEE SKATE.

Application filed February 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,162.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. STArLEs, a citizen of the United S ates, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Roller Skates; and I do hereby declare the fol lowing, when taken in connection with the accon'ipanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full,

1.; Fig. l a corresponding view on the line .5 rol er-slrate embodying my invention nr two side-plates of the rear hanger.

Fig. T a view corresponding to Fig. 6, showing one of the modified forms whic" the girder-supporting means may assume.

Fig. 8 a similar view, showing another l modified form of girder-supporting means.

My invention relates to an improvement in roller-skates of the so-called girder type, the object being to produce, at a reduced cost for manufacture, a superior skate of the type described, constructed with particular reference to simplicity, fewness of parts, lightness, convenience, ruggedness in use.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a roller-skate characterized by having its truck-hangers furnished with girder-supporting means.

My invention further consists in certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to G inclusive, the side-plates 10-1O of the rear truck-hanger and the corresponding side-plates 1111 of the front truckhanger are cut and inwardly struck to form girder-supporting ledges 12 having straight upper edges upon which the lower face of the girder 13 has sliding support, the said 5 girder-supporting ledges being substantially semi-conical in form, with their straight up per edges parallel with and at a predeten red distance below the upper edges of the said side-plates. This distance is fir-Led by the thicl-rness the girder, so that when it is resting upon them, the upper edges i4; of its side-flanges l5 will have slicing contz rt with the lower faces of the toe-plate lo a d the heel-plate 17, together forming the footplate of the skate-structure.

is shown, the side-plate l0 and ll are formed upon their u er edges with lugrivets i8 inserted into corresponding slots in the toeand heel-plates and headed down upon the upper faces thereof, the said sideplates being spaced apart by the width of the girder, so that the outer surfaces of the flanges 15 thereof will have sliding bearing upon the inner faces of the plates, whereby the girder is closely confined as to movement in every ClllECtlOHQXCGPt longitudinal movement relative to the side-plates of the trucl; hangers.

Also, as shown, the girder is provided with two centrally-arranged. longitudinal slots for the reception of clamping-bolts 21, whereby the girder is c inped its ends to the toeand heel-plates l6 and i? in any desired separation thereof from each other. The toe-plate mounts the usual toeclamps 22, while the upstanding, rear flange 23 of the heel-plate is formed with a slot 24 for the reception of an ordinary skate-strap which is not shown. The skate is also furnished with trucks 25 of any approved design, carrying the customary rollers 26 on axles 27.

In the modified construction shown by Fig. 7, the side-plates 101O have integral. girder-supporting lugs 28, turned inwardly at a right angle to the longitudinal axes of the plates and presenting horizontal bearingsurfaces upon which the girder 13 rests. In the modified construction shown by Fig. 8, the plates 101O are joined by a transversely-arranged round bar 29, riveted at its ends into tl e plates in position to support the girder, which rests directly upon it, between the same. In Figs. '7 and 8, I have shown the side-plates of the rear truckhanger, but it will be understood that the constructions shown apply also to the plates of the forward truck-hanger.

By means of my improved organization and construction of parts, whereby the in ruggedness and durability, since the nuin her of parts is reduced to the mininuun, as well as their liability to work loose.

I claim:

1. A roller-skate having a foot-plate, a

" truck-hanger depending therefrom and having vertically-arranged, parallel sides, a girder extending into the said hanger, and

rder-supporting means projecting inwardly from the sides of the said truck-hanger.

2. A roller-skate having a foot-plate, a truck-hanger depending therefrom and having vertically-arranged, parallel. s des, a girder extending into the said hanger, and integral, girder-supporting means pr0jecting inwardly from the said sides of the said truck-hanger.

3. A roller-skate having a foot-plate, a truck-hanger depending therefrom and having vertically-arranged, parallel sides, a girder extending into the said truck-hanger, and integral, girder-supporting means struck inwardly from the sides of the said truck-hanger.

4. A roller-skate having a foot-plate, a truck-hanger depending therefrom and comprising two vertical, sheet-metal side-plates spaced apart, a girder extending into the said truck-hanger, and girder-supporting means carried by the said plates in position to hold the said girder against the said plate.

5. A roller-skate having heeland toe plates, truck-hangers depending therefrom and having side-plates spaced apart, a girder extending at its ends into the said hangers,

and girder-supporting means struck inwardly from the side-plates of the hangers and positioned to hold the girder against the lower faces of the said heeland toe-plates.

6. A roller-skate having a foot-plate, a truck-hanger rigidly secured thereto and depending therefrom, a girder extending into said hanger, and substantially semi-conical supportingdedges struck inward from the sides of the hanger, and having edges upon which the girder has sliding movement and which are positioned to hold the same against the lower face of the foot-plate.

7. In roller-skate, a sole-plate, a heelplate, a U-shaped extension girder detaoha ly secured under said plates, front and rear axles, and pairs of vertical plates attached to the said soleand heel-plates for support ng the said axles, said extension girder sliding between said pairs of vertical plates, and means carried by said vertical plates to support said extension girder.

A roller-skate having a foot-plate, a hanger rigidly secured thereto and dependtherefrom, a girder extending into the said hanger, and supporting-ledges struck inward from the sides of the hanger, and l'iaving edges upon which the girder has sliding movement and which are positioned to hold the same against the lower face of the foot-plate.

in testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR L. STAPLES.

Witnesses lVALTnn M. THOMPSON, ERIK S. PALMER. 

